20 to 28 Sep. 2019

Film

Disobedience

Disobedience

Based on Naomi Alderman's award-winning novel, Sebastián Lelio's Disobedience maps with empathy and emotion the complex intersection of faith and sexuality. When Ronit (Rachel Weisz), the estranged daughter of a beloved Rabbi, returns to London for her father's funeral, she is reunited with two important figures from her youth: Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) and his wife Esti (Rachel McAdams). When Ronit and Esti meet, they soon rediscover the passionate feelings they had for each other as teens, emotions they feel all the more powerfully as grown women.

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Sebastián Lelio is a Chilean filmmaker based in Berlin. His film Gloria premiered at the Berlinale in 2013, where it became a critical and popular success. Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay in Berlinale 2017 and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018.